Though the country has a high vaccination rate, new coronavirus cases and hospital admissions have been increasing in recent weeks.
Tag: Vaccination and Immunization
Pfizer Asks for Authorization for Boosters for Adults
An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration voted against a similar request from Pfizer in mid-September, but the agency is considered likely to grant the request, perhaps before Thanksgiving.
U.S. Urges Release of Chinese Citizen Journalist Who Documented Covid
Zhang Zhan, who was imprisoned after exposing the failures of the government’s initial response to the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, is near death, friends and family say.
U.S. Urges Release of Zhang Zhan, Chinese Citizen Journalist Who Documented Covid
Zhang Zhan, who was imprisoned after exposing the failures of the government’s initial response to the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, is near death, friends and family say.
India Risks Covid-19 Complacency After Its Vaccine Campaign
The success represents a major victory for Narendra Modi’s government, but a recent slowdown in new vaccinations has sparked worries.
Singapore to End Free Covid Treatment for Those ‘Unvaccinated by Choice’
The change, which takes effect on Dec. 8, comes as the number of severe cases has stabilized but remains high, the Health Ministry said.
U.S. Covid Deaths Get Even Redder
The partisan gap in Covid’s death toll has grown faster over the past month than at any previous point.
New Zealand’s Biggest City Is to Ease Lockdown Restrictions
The lifting of rules comes as the country records some of its highest daily case numbers since the pandemic began.
In Romania, Hard-Hit by Covid, Doctors Fight Vaccine Refusal
An anti-vaccine clarion call by leading religious figures, echoed by prominent politicians and social media, helps explain why Romania now has the world’s highest Covid death rate.